{"title":"(Un)usually Illustrated","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"histoire-naturelle-de-buffon-classee-par-ordres-genres-et-especes-dapres-le-systeme-de-linne-avec-les-caracteres-generiques-et-la-nomenclacture-linneenne-par-rene-richard-castel-auteur-du-poeme-des-plantes","title":"Cats, dogs, \u0026 Natural History: René Richard Castel - Histoire naturelle de Buffon (1799)","description":"\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eRené Richard Castel (ed.), Georges-Louis Leclerc (au.),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eHistoire naturelle de Buffon, classée par ordres, genres et espèces, d'après le systême de Linné, avec les caractères génériques et la nomenclacture Linnéenne, par René- Richard Castel, auteur du poëme des Plantes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e Paris: L’Imprimerie de Crapelet, Chez Deterville, rue du Battoir, n. 16, An VII [1799].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eInterior Condition: Good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e Paris, printed by the Imprimerie Crapelet, 1799 (uses French Republican calendar), 32mo, pp. iii, 1-317, i; π3, 1 (6+1), 2-3 (6), 4 (6 +1), 5 -7 (6), 8 (6+2), 9 (6), 10 (6+2), 11 (6+1), 12-13 (6), 14-15 (6+1), 16 (6), 17 -18 (6+1), 19 (6+1), 20 (6+1), 21- 22 (6), 23 (6+1), 24 (6), 25- 26 (6+1), 27 (3), one worm hole extending from prelims to p. 61, some minor foxing throughout, but many clean pages; 15 full-page, double paned illustrations.; no reader marks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e Binding Condition: Good. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eFull leather bound, gold tooling, with decorative gold stamping on spine, title on red leather, series number on green leather, age evident with some separation between front cover board and spine, still very strongly attached, corners have wear, and leather has received some damage on back cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eThis book is one volume in a set of 36. While ideally it will complete a collection of the Crapelet-Deterville Buffon set,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eit also stands as a wonderful single volume, with 15-double paned illustrations of many four-legged animals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eGeorges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon, (1707-1788) produced his encyclopedic work of 36 volumes over the course of 50 years, and is known as one of the chief naturalists of the 18th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eAmong other paradigm-changing contributions to understanding the natural world, Buffon's works challenged calculation that the world was 6,000 years old and his claim of the superiority of European flora and fauna to that of North America affronted Thomas Jefferson so much that he sent examples to Europe in order to disprove Buffon's assertion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e MB222\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41129026486464,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0884.jpg?v=1717097426"},{"product_id":"les-indes-noires","title":"The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Jules Verne - Les Indes Noires (1877)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eVERNE, Jules. \u003ci\u003eLes Indes Noires\u003c\/i\u003e. Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie, [n.d., 1877]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJules Verne. Les Indes Noires, Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie, Charles Magnier, “Bibliothèque d’Éducation et de Récréation,” [1877-8]. Part of the Voyages Extraordinaires collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFIRST EDITION.(275 x 180 mm). pp. 173. Half-title page; 2 page frontispiece; 1 page colophon, 173 text \u0026amp; illustrated pages + 1 table of contents , 8 page catalogue. 43 additional illustrations addition. Engravings by Charles Barbant and 45 illustrations J. Ferat. Contemporary advertisements tipped in at the end for “Catalogue J” of Hetzel’s “Éducation et de Récréation”, including additional works by Verne and Victor Hugo.Printed for J. Hetzel, without impressed date, but known date of 1877-8 due to tipped in catalogue at the end of the book.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBinding Condition: Good. Vibrant red percaline over cardboard, with black and gold stamping of title, author, and publisher. Golden fore-edge leaves, well preserved. Foxing throughout; minor tears on bottom (pp. 3, 21, 141, pictured). One provenance mark (Ava Pasquier), written in top right hand margin of fly leaf. No further markings in book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThough he wrote about travel and adventure, Jules Verne only left France a handful of times, notably to visit America in 1867 and Scotland in 1858. His visit to Scotland inspired several of his works, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVoyage à reculons en Angleterre et en Ecosse \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBackwards through Britain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), written in 1859-60, published posthumously, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLe Rayon Vert\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehe Green Ray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) published in 1882, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes Indes Noires\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, first published in serial form in 1877 and immediately after by Verne's collaborators and publishers, Hetzel, father and son.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePerhaps because of his own Celtic-Breton background-- he was born in Nantes and raised by a Breton-speaking governess--, Verne was fascinated with the Hebrides and the Scottish folklore. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes Indes Noires \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epresents a supernatural tale with a surprise, Vernian twist, marrying science and fiction to produce an innovative narrative. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB237\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41133160956096,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0273_f3c3a6b0-e6c8-4c46-aa77-cbe8c2ca25c8.jpg?v=1677672485"},{"product_id":"travelling-with-arthur-rackham-gullivers-travels","title":"Jonathan Swift \u0026 Arthur Rackham - Gulliver's Travels (1909)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRACKHAM, Arthur \u0026amp; SWIFT, Jonathan. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGulliver’s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. \u003c\/i\u003eJ. M. Dent, London; New York, E .P. Dutton, 1909.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(230 x 170 mm), pp. . With 12 color illustrations and many black and white drawings embellishing the text— all present. Pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth cover with gilt design featuring Gulliver and title. Spine embossed with faded gilt. Mild staining on flyleaves, some splitting on internal hinge, and spine tab a bit loose. Overall GOOD condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43453353296064,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0169.jpg?v=1676050902"},{"product_id":"where-my-arrow-falls-there-dig-me-a-grave-a-pre-wwi-robin-hood","title":"\"Where my arrow falls there dig me a grave\": Henry Gilbert \u0026 Walter Crane - Robin Hood and the Men of the Green Wood (1912)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGILBERT, Henry, \u0026amp; CRANE, Walter. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobin Hood and the Men of the Green Wood. \u003c\/i\u003eEdinburgh \u0026amp; London, T. C. \u0026amp; E.C. Jack, 1912.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(240 x 170 mm) pp. xi, 360. With frontispeice and 15 color plates embellishing the tale— all present though somewhat loose (particularly at p. 32). Green cloth binding with gild motifs and title; bump in center of binding, hinges loose but holding tighly, with wear toto extremities. Internally, NO FOXING, perhaps a nice binding copy? Condition in light of cover: GOOD.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB265\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43454414192832,"sku":"","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0298.jpg?v=1676121195"},{"product_id":"vaguely-erotic-illustrations-a-ship-to-shore-mystery","title":"Vaguely Erotic Illustrations \u0026 A Ship-to-Shore Mystery: Alexandre Kuprin -  Sulamith (1928)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKUPRIN, Alexandre, GUERNEY, B. G. (Trans.), FORBES-FELIX (ill.),\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e, New York, Privately Printed for Subscribers, MCMXXVIII (1928).\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLIMITED EDITION. (240 x 160 mm). Number \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e492\u003c\/b\u003e of 1500 printed. With frontispiece and 7 full color illustrations embellishing the text. Ex libris book plate of Fra Rhodes with a 15\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e-century style woodblock of a seated scholar, reading. Occasional foxing and staining along margins. Dark blue cloth with gold motif and title. Spine extremities bumped, and cloth ragged at top of spine. Overall GOOD to VERY GOOD condition.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is a translation of a text based on the Song of Solomon, translated out of Russian into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eWhat makes this particular book exceptionally interesting is the inclusion of a ship-to-shore telegraph addressed to “Mrs. Scotland, 135 Beverley Rd., Ruislip Manor” from “Rhodes,” informing her “Home Saturday. Start Express Get Garage Key from Porter Start Frig.” Ruislip Manor, in London, was originally owned by King’s College, Cambridge. Unfortunately the telegraph has not date so it’s difficult to determine its context. A fascinating mystery.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003eMB278\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43454448435392,"sku":"","price":45.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0238.jpg?v=1676122694"},{"product_id":"a-facsimile-fit-for-an-emperor-rudolf-von-ems-weltchronik-world-chronicle-and-strickers-epic-of-karl-der-gross-charlemagne","title":"A Facsimile Fit for an Emperor: Rudolf von Em's \"Weltchronik\" (World Chronicle) and Stricker's epic of Karl der Große (Charlemagne) (14th c.\/ 1980)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Numbered limited edition. 176\/950 Two volumes. Vol. 1 is a finely crafted facsimile of an early fourteenth century manuscript housed in Berlin's Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz under shelfmark Ms. Germ. Fol. 623. Within the facsimile, as in the manuscript, two seperate narratives are bound together: Rudolf von Em's \"Weltchronik\" (World Chronicle) and Stricker's epic of Karl der Große (Charlemagne). The second volume is a companion text to explain the importance of the manuscript with an introduction by Wolfgang Irtenkauf.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB339\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43454817075392,"sku":"","price":625.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/31070032461_2.jpg?v=1676141253"},{"product_id":"the-thousand-mixed-recollections-that-hallow-the-ground-pilgrims-of-the-rhine","title":"\"The thousand mixed recollections that hallow the ground\": Bulwer Lytton - Pilgrims of the Rhine (1843)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLYTTON, Bulwer, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Pilgrims of the Rhine\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Some bumping to the spine and some separation between gatherings, but overall VERY GOOD copy.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eClearly a child’s very prized possession, with “To Barbara with love from Tate, Lakheri” inscribed on the front paste down and “Barbara Robinson, Lakheri B[ombay] B[aroda] + C[entral] I[ndia] R[ai]l[wa]y, Rajputana C. India” on the verso of the half-title— and just for safe measure “Please return to Barbara Robinson, The Oasis, Lakheri, B[ombay] B[aroda]\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e+ C[entral] I[ndia] R[ai]l[wa]y, Rajputana, India.” The book bears a small sticker on the righthand corner of the front pastedown shedding light on its journey, as it was likely sold in Thacker and Co., Booksellers and Stationers in Bombay. The book, printed in London, arrived in what is now Mumbai on the central western shore of India, and from there, it was transported north and east to a little girl in Lakheri, just on the edge of the desert— a poignant place for watery book to be so cherished.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMB328\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43456948699328,"sku":"","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0601.jpg?v=1676324345"},{"product_id":"having-it-all-and-wanting-more-the-greatest-plague-of-life-victorian-sarcasm","title":"Having it all and wanting more: The Brothers Mayhew - The Greatest Plague of Life (1847)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAYHEW, (the Brothers), \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Greatest Plague of Life: or The Adventures of A Lady in Search of a Good Servant. By one who has been “Almost Worried to Death\u003c\/i\u003e.” Illustrated by George Cruikshank, London, David Bogue, 86 Fleet Street, [n.d.] (1847)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST EDITION. (190 x 130mm) pp. 278. With Frontispiece and 11 steel engravings by Cruikshank embellishing the text.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOn front fly leaf, in 19\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e c. pen “Charles Crake, 8th October 1850;” same copied over in later hand on front paste down. With original red-brown cloth binding, featuring vignette in gold of butler and cleaners chasing lady. Very occasional foxing or staining internally. The book has a bit of a lean. Overall VERY GOOD condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e MB215\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43459101262016,"sku":"","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_1579.jpg?v=1680095907"},{"product_id":"get-your-trumpets-out-for-king-edward-vii-and-charles-iii","title":"Get your trumpets out for King Edward VII (and Charles III): Duncan Tovey - Coronation Picture Books (ca. 1902)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTOVEY, Duncan\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Coronation Picture Book\u003c\/i\u003e. Illustrated by John Hassall. Lawrence \u0026amp; Bullen, [1902].\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(245 x 195 mm) [28] pp. With illustrations in colour by John Hassall. Spine slightly chipped commensurate with age, covers good condition with some soiling back cover. Interior is very bright and clean. Overall VERY GOOD condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCelebrate the coronation of Charles III with a trip back to the coronation of Edward VII, 121 years ago. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB296\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43459757408448,"sku":"","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0305_64b0f8f2-2631-4bb1-8929-63b42a590cbe.jpg?v=1677672796"},{"product_id":"a-surrealist-union-of-french-and-german","title":"A Surrealist Union of French and German: Max Ernst \u0026 Andre Breton, La femme 100 têtes (1962)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eERNST, Max and BRETON, Andre. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLa femme 100 têtes\u003c\/i\u003e. Berlin, Gerhardt Verlag, 1962.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLIMITED EDITION, FIFTH EDITION (260 x 200 mm) Unpaginated. With many illustrations \u0026amp; text in German. Some light scuffing to the bottom foredges and red scuff on fly leaf. Housed in a black slipcase which has some light damage. Limited to 4000 copy. Overall VERY GOOD condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB231 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43461067964608,"sku":"","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0420.jpg?v=1676543784"},{"product_id":"goblins-ravens-cats-magic-heath-robinsons-book-of-goblins","title":"Goblins, Ravens, Cats, \u0026 Magic: Heath Robinson - Book of Goblins (1934)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeath Robinson’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook of Goblins\u003c\/i\u003e, Hutchinson \u0026amp; Co. Ltd. 1934.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST EDITION. (250 x 190 mm) pp. 239. With frontispiece and 6 full page illustrations tipped in (listed very out of order in table of contents) and many more quirky illustrations throughout embellishing the text. Previous owner (mid-20\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e c.) name written on front flyleaf. Original dark blue cloth, gilt titles (faded) and blind vignette of goblin to cover and spine. Some stories have little penciled in crosses or checks in the table of contents; occasional staining in the margins. Some separation between some gatherings. DJ lacking. Overall in GOOD condition.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eMB221\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43461125931200,"sku":"","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_1559.jpg?v=1702209568"},{"product_id":"aubrey-beardlsey-adjacent-robert-louis-stevensons-fables","title":"Aesthetically Aubrey Beardlsey-Adjacent: Robert Louis Stevenson - Fables (1914)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTEVENSON, Robert Louis. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFables. \u003c\/i\u003eIllustrated by E. R. Herman. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1914.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(270 x 200 mm) pp. 83.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWith frontispiece and 19 full page tipped in illustrations in black and white— all present. Captioned tissue guards intact. Printed by Chiswick Press (British, London) by Charles Whittingham and Co. Inscription on front flyleaf: “To Nellie, November 8, 1914, from Dick Herman”. Spine has some bumps to extremities. Inside is bright and without foxing. Overall VERY GOOD to NEAR FINE condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally published in 1896, this 1914 update of Robert Louis Stevenson’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFables\u003c\/i\u003e opens dramatically with “Captain Smollett and Long John Silver step out of the pages of Treasure Island to discuss the role of the author: who is his favourite character? Does the author need both a villain and a virtuous character to write a good story? They debate about how well their own characters will fare in Treasure Island when they are recalled to the story by the author.” The tales continue, considering existential questions about the inevitability of death; responsibility versus desire; nature versus destiny; radical equality; and, truth and interiority. E. R. Herman’s illustrations of these themes are clearly evocative of Aubrey Beardsley’s work.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2020\/03\/27\/er-hermans-fables\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2020\/03\/27\/er-hermans-fables\/\"\u003eJohn Coulthart\u003c\/a\u003e has done some work on E. R. Herman, whose forenames are unknown. Coulthart posits that Herman’s career was cut short by service in World War II, though some biographical entries suggest he died in 1930. It is possible— though unprovable— that the inscription “from Dick Herman” on the flyleaf may be the illustrator’s hand. Perhaps the R. stands for Richard, and he is signing with his nick name. Unknowable, but interesting.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e MB199\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43461162893504,"sku":"","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_1549.jpg?v=1702128451"},{"product_id":"parisian-modernism-terra-park-1947","title":"Parisian Modernism: Roger Chancel - Terra Park (1947)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHANCEL, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTerra Park 1945-1947\u003c\/i\u003e, Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1947.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLIMITED EDITION; FIRST EDITION. A large volume (330 x 255 mm) of unpaginated leaves in a cardboard chemise with the title on the first plate, the frontispiece is two-toned color; 20 plates of illustrations in black and white, accompanying two pages of text each; Preface by Pierre Gavotte. One of 2000 examples on Alfa de Navarre vellum. All 20 sections accounted for. Some foxing throughout. All pages intentionally loose gatherings of bifolium. Overall GOOD to VERY GOOD condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the colophon (translated from French): “The typography of this work was drawn on the presses of the Imprimerie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, on alfa vellum of the Papeteries Navarre in 2000 copies. The plates in the text were executed by G. Duval, printer and phototypist, in Paris and were drawn in 20 examples on special “Wattmann” paper and in 1980 examples on “roto-Aussedat” paper. The frontispiece was coloured by stencil (pochoir) by Berthelot. Printing completed on 15 March 1947 by the account of the Librairie Arthème Fayard.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB284\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43461200609472,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0428.jpg?v=1676550615"},{"product_id":"emphemeral-look-at-the-seed-of-europes-crises-the-concert-of-princes-1793","title":"Emphemeral Look at the Seed of Europe's Crises: Benjamin Vaughn - The Concert of Princes (1793)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[VAUGHN, Benjamin]\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetters, on the subject of the concert of princes, and the dismemberment of Poland and France. (first published in the Morning Chronicle between July 20, 1792, and June 25, 1793.) With corrections and additions.\u003c\/i\u003e By a calm observer. [ The second edition.] London : printed for G. G. \u0026amp; J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAn ephemeral \u0026amp; contemporary look at the European struggles that would haunt the Continent (\u0026amp; world) for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn the long march of history, the 18th century set up a lot of pins, poised to fall in the subsequent two centuries, culminating (arguably) with World War I. In this second edition of “Letters, on the Subject of the Concert of Princes, and the Dismemberment of Poland and France,” published the same year as the first, a Calm Observer (ie Benjamin Vaughan) defends revolutionary rights, and, among other radical ideas, condemns the attacks on Poland and France. He also uses his pseudonym as a Calm Observer to criticize William Pitt (the younger).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eVaughan was instrumental in drafting the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War between the newly-founded America and the well-established Great Britain. Vaughan’s interest in politics helped foster a friendship with another important American Benjamin: Mr Franklin. Ultimately Vaughan immigrated to America where legend has Jamaica Plain (a suburb of Boston) is named to reflect his island home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe book itself is the fact it’s not in a fine or even nice binding. It’s in a work-a-day, contemporary paper-board binding which tells the history of the intended, nearly-ephemeral circulation of this material. Bound just enough to keep the gatherings together and the paper protected, this item was the news-channel of its day. In fact, the first publication of this material was in a serial through the Morning Chronicle, between July 1792 and June 1793. A reader at some point (possibly the 19th century when such things were particularly in vogue) has used the book to press flowers and leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eESTC T76534\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCopies in the British Isles clustered in Oxford, the BL, John Rylands, National Trust, and UCL.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eMB177\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43667963216064,"sku":"MB177","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_1439.jpg?v=1702131032"},{"product_id":"jules-verne-with-publisher-s-error-survivors-of-the-chancellor-martin-paz-1876","title":"Jules Verne with Publisher’s Error: Jules Verne - Survivors of the Chancellor \u0026 Martin Paz (1876)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVERNE, Jules. \u003ci\u003eSurvivors of the Chancellor \u0026amp; Martin Paz\u003c\/i\u003e. Boston: James R. Osgood \u0026amp; Co. 1876.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e(200 x 160 mm) pp. 352 [printers error omitted final pages; added half title, title, illustrations]. Both frontispieces for \u003ci\u003eChancellor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMartin Paz\u003c\/i\u003e present. Tissue between frontispieces. Bumping and fraying to end bands and corners. Some foxing throughout.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA lot has gone wrong with this early edition of Jules Verne’s \u003ci\u003eSurvivors of the Chancellor \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMartin Paz. \u003c\/i\u003eThis version comes standard with some interesting quirks, such as the hybrid publication attribution to both James R. Osgood of Boston and Porter \u0026amp; Coates (see spine). The gilt stamp on the cover is not centered (unlike the 1876 Osgood-only production). It features two frontispeices— with the Martin Paz frontispiece being rare as it was inserted after publication. It is present in this copy.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe end of Martin Paz’s tragedy, however, is not present due to a printer’s error! Page 352 ends mid-line and the subsequent page is the half-title, followed by the \u003ci\u003eChancellor\u003c\/i\u003e frontispiece, and list of illustrations— a duplicate from the beginning.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eMB279\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43668040122560,"sku":"","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_0595.jpg?v=1685010822"},{"product_id":"american-arthuriana-a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthur-s-court-1889","title":"American Arthuriana: Mark Twain - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTWAIN, Mark.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. \u003c\/i\u003eNew York: Charles L. Webster. 1889.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFIRST AMERICAN EDITION (220 x 180 mm) pp. 575, [ii publisher ads]. Floral endpapers. Gift inscription from 1947 on front fly leaf. First edition, mix state issue but early: lacks half title on recto of frontispiece, lacks the s-shaped ornament between The and King on p. 59, has broken text on p. 72. Very minor wear to end-bands, minor scuffing to foredge, but otherwise NEAR FINE condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn part inspired by a dream, and in part inspired by reading the 15\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century Le Morte d’Arthur, as many have done before him Mark Twain adapted the legends of King Arthur to reflect and comment on his own society.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLike the misty origins of the tales of King Arthur, the first issue of the first edition of \u003ci\u003eA Connecticut Yankee\u003c\/i\u003e is somewhat mysterious. Its original proportions are not known and there are three states that indicate priority: an s-shaped ornament on p. 59 that was later omitted; the last two lines of p. 72 appear with perfect and broken type; and only a few copies are recorded has having the half-title printed on the recto of the frontispiece. These markers, however, appear in random combinations and the confused state of these states is evident by their presence and absences in copies personally given by Twain for Christmas in 1889. Thus, the present copy is likely not a first state, but is certainly an early one.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eMB422\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43668086522048,"sku":"","price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_1104.jpg?v=1702128656"},{"product_id":"i-met-with-a-literary-tinker-jeffery-farnol-the-broad-highway-1912","title":"\"I met with a literary tinker\": Jeffery Farnol - The Broad Highway (1912)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFARNOL, Jeffery. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Broad Highway\u003c\/i\u003e. Illustrated by C. E. Brock. 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Bound in blue cloth with gilt foliage motifs and color portrait. p. 205 ripped in margin; illustration for page 30 loose but present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eMB291\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697555800256,"sku":"","price":45.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_0620.jpg?v=1686758621"},{"product_id":"a-celebration-of-god-nature-and-beautiful-book-art-frances-ridley-havergal-life-mosaic-1882","title":"A Celebration of God, Nature, and Beautiful Book Art : Frances Ridley Havergal - Life Mosaic (1882)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHAVERGAL, Frances Ridley. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLife Mosaic, The Ministry of Song and Under the Surface. \u003c\/i\u003eFifteenth Thousand. 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Small bookshop stamp on front paste down (Hatchards, Picadilly, London) and bindery label on back paste down (Bound by Burn \u0026amp; Co.) Some separation between gatherings, particularly evident between p. 96\/97, but binding remains strong. Minor bumping to extremities. Browning to half-title page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eChromolithographic illustrations of: Mont-Blanc from the Col de Balm \/ 4 plates with alpine flower arrangements \/ Lake of Lucerne and Mount Pilatus \/ Fall of the Handeck by Moonlight \/ Forest at les Plans \/ Bernese Oberland with Lake of Lucerne \/ Sunrise on the Rigi \/ Sunset on Mont Blanc \/ Lac de Champé\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eMB168\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43712021397696,"sku":"MB168","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_0354.jpg?v=1687516657"},{"product_id":"suppressed-books-victorian-libraries-william-thackeray-jospeh-grego-thackerayana-1875","title":"Suppressed Books \u0026 Victorian Libraries: William Thackeray \u0026 Jospeh Grego - Thackerayana (1875)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHACKERAY, William Makepeace. 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Minor bumping to end bands, previous bookseller’s notes on verso of front flyleaf , but overall in NEAR FINE condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eProvenance : Bookplate of John Brown, Marquess of Sligo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThe invitation to view a private library collection is the invitation to view the inner working’s of the curator\/collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eUpon the death of William Thackeray, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and journalist for \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e and other Victorian social touchstones, his world goods were auctioned off. 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Overall VERY good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eMB131\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43846573818048,"sku":"MB131","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_0478.jpg?v=1695303441"},{"product_id":"rural-pickings-or-attractive-points-in-country-life-and-scenery-george-mogridge-1846","title":"Chromolithographic Pastoral : George Mogridge - Rural Pickings; or, Attractive Points in Country Life and Scenery  (1846)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[MOGRIDGE, George] \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRural Pickings; or, Attractive Points in Country Life and Scenery.\u003c\/i\u003e Illustrations by Absalon. London: Printed for W. 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Overall VERY GOOD condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003eMB143 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43846609207488,"sku":"MB143","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_0387_40bacf0f-d4a8-4a16-83ab-3a1a393ec73f.jpg?v=1702237417"},{"product_id":"imagining-the-bible-city-of-god-peter-dickinson-1980","title":"Imag(in)ing the Bible: City of Gold - Peter Dickinson (1980)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDickinson, Peter. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCity of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament\u003c\/i\u003e. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. London, Victor Gollancz, 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSIGNED FIRST EDITION. (250 x 170 mm) pp. 188. Illustrated in colour. Bound in half calf and cloth mottled in modern colours. 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Half title. Each page illustrated, and embellished with a border. Prize plate from “The Edinburgh Institution for the Education of Young Ladies 1 Park Place” dated 1871-1872, 39\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e session. Green publisher’s binding with gilt, black, and purple decoration. Binding has some water damage. Gilt fore-edges. Back cover has Edinburgh Institution prize stamped in gilt. Some splitting between front cover. Overall GOOD condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book was issued as a prize by the Edinburgh Institution for the Education of Young Ladies, which had been then recently renamed from the Merchan Maiden Hospital in 1870. The year that the book was presented to Catherine Furley, her school had moved to Queen Street, in Edinburgh, and was colloquially called the Queen Street School. In 1889, it underwent another renaming, as the Edinburgh Ladies’ College, and the year that Catherine Furley died, in 1944, the current name was arrived upon: the Mary Erskin School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatherine Grant Furley Smith (1858-1944) was a poet, a novelist, and a journalist. She wrote two novels after leaving Edinburgh to relocate to London in 1887, “Quixote, the Weaver” and “An Unsought Heritage”. She wrote for “The Hospital,” a journal on health care and health care institutions, which began in 1886 and ran until 1921 at which time the name, much like Catherine’s school’s, was changed. 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Blue publisher’s cloth binding with black stamping and gilt title. Crisp. “Daisy May Evans. From Sidney on her 9\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e birthday June 30\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e 1894.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44316134342848,"sku":"","price":45.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_2020.jpg?v=1703193571"},{"product_id":"autograph-book-of-young-lady-in-barcelona-from-1948-1950","title":"Autograph Book of Young Lady in Barcelona from 1948-1950","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(120 x 160 mm) [78 unnumbered pages] of which 15 have illustrations or texts. Bound in floral cloth with gilt Autographs on cover \u0026amp; gilt forages. Marbled flyleaves.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith entries that read like our modern yearbook signatures— a celebration of Ana Maria’s tennis accolades, generic but heartfelt expressions of how she was a wonderful friend— this autograph book is a brief glimpse into a young lady’s life as she (presumably leaves) Barcelona between 1948 and 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile a few first names are present, like our protagonist, Ana Maria and her friends Margarita, only one full name, Consuelo de Soto, is legible within the book, which makes figuring out who these young people were is nearly impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranscriptions of each entry in the original Spanish:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuando abras este libro te acordarás de mi? Lo dereu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14-3-48 Ma Monserrat Matas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo quiseria os olivdareis nimica, de la\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eque siempre os recordaría con mucho cariño.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConsuelo de Soto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e30-8-48\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCon todo el afecto que soy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e? de sentir por una\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eamiga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEulalia 6-22-48\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSe va todo a-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ever sougado?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eel pobrecito ena-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-morado.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCon carino\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgudes?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHorta 17 agosto año santo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA mi querida Ana maria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ela benjamina de\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e?eitro\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehogar; con todo cariño te\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edeseo guardes en tu alma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etodas las prendas morales\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eque te adornan, de inocencia,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecandor y sana alegria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esolo de esta manera, po-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-dras gozar de la felicidad en\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eesta vida y podrás hacer par-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eticipe de esta a tu mismo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePapás?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHorta 23-8-1950 Año santo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAna Maria: Perdona que no\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elo halla. 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Green pebbled binding with gilt title along spine. Full page colour frontispiece.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45371912421568,"sku":"MB158","price":45.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/PHOTO-2023-12-18-12-30-002.jpg?v=1720557843"},{"product_id":"the-darling-of-19th-c-medievalism-tennyson-crossing-the-bar-1901","title":"The Darling of 19th c. Medievalism : Tennyson - Crossing the Bar (1901?)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTENNYSON, Alfred. \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Bar\u003c\/i\u003e. New York, Printed in Bavaria: E. P. Dutton, 1901? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Gem Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e(145 x 95 mm) pp. 16 + half title, frontispiece. 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Patricia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003edetermines \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003emarry a church \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eorganist, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ea man whom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eher father considers unacceptable, forbidding the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ematch. But \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethe ancestors, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ewhom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eold \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eKnickerbocker holds \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ein high reverence \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s5\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eis often quoting, take \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ea hand. The ghost \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eof his great great \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003egrandmother comes and summons \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethe present \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003efamily \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ehearing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eancestral ghosts are not \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eas Knickerbocker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethought, for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ethey \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003efind against \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ehim and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003efor Patricia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHe thereupon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003egives his consent. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eRoutine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45796574625984,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/PHOTO-2024-09-15-11-33-29.jpg?v=1731363056"},{"product_id":"japanese-history-and-hawaiian-provenance-knapp-feudal-and-modern-japan-1897","title":"Japanese History and Hawaiian Provenance: Knapp- Feudal and Modern Japan (1897)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnapp, Arthur May. Feudal and Modern Japan. Second Edition. Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1897. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e(140 x 105 mm) 2 vols. [224 and 226 pp]. Two-toned title page. Each volume includes 12 black and white photographs on stiffer paper with guard papers (one lacking). Japanese characters typeset in vol. 2. Interiors clean. Bound in woven cream coloured textile with gilt emblem in English and vertical chop in Japanese. Staining to covers. Inserted in Volume 2 is a small calling card of Mr. Benjamin Franklin Pitman (1815-1888). Printers ticket in both volumes from Chas. E. Lauriat Co. Booksellers \u0026amp; Importers Boston. Overall VERY GOOD condition. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Book \u0026amp; Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTowards the end of the 19\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e century, Japan emerged from its isolationist culture into a the beginnings of a major world economic and political power. While Japan’s influence spread outward, the West’s methods of business, education, and military seeped in. Along with this, Christian missionaries also entered the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOne of these missionaries was Arthur May Knapp, who was sent to Japan by the Directors of Association in 1888 to advance Christianity. After a year abroad he returned and reported his experiences and was sent back to Tokyo with Rev. Clay MacCauley. They focused on sharing and exchanging spiritual ideas rather than converting the Japanese. Knapp helped foster close relationships with Japanese universities and launched several initiatives, including a magazine and a school for training leaders. After handing over the mission's leadership, he returned to the U.S. but later moved back to Japan to become the editor of the \"Japan Advertiser.\" Knapp eventually returned to the U.S. in 1910, where he spent his remaining years before passing away in 1921 after a period of personal tragedy and illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis two volume book presents the late 19\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e century Japan that he was immersed in— its social and political history, embellished with photos depicting landscape and people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Owner\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBorn in Salem, Massachusetts, Benjamin’s family moved to Hilo, Hawaii in 1833. He married the very young high cheifess Kino’ole o Liliha shortly thereafter to shore up business prospects on the island. In the 1840s, Pitman set up a one-room shelter on the rim of Mt. Kilauea and called it the “Volcano House,” which would (after several iterations) become the famous hotel that lodges visitors to the National Park today. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45838758772928,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/FeudalJapan_467_24.1_2fd57bec-dccb-4603-95d9-a9cf55192bbd.jpg?v=1732982141"},{"product_id":"solid-foundation-in-19th-c-geology-comstock-outlines-of-geology-1838","title":"Solid Foundation in 19th c. Geology: Comstock - Outlines of Geology (1838)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eComstock, J. L. Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting Parts of the Science.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThird Edition. New York: Robinson, Pratt \u0026amp; Co., 1838. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e(190 x 120 mm) pp. 384. Engraved figures throughout. Bound in strawberry patterned black cartonnage. Some foxing and browning consistent with age and type of paper. Splitting along hinge, but firmly bound. Overall GOOD condition.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJohn Lee Comstock’s Outlines of Geology (1838) is an introduction to the geological sciences, crafted for both students and general readers. Drawing on other scientific texts of the time, Comstock explores the most compelling aspects of geology, from rock formations to the history of the Earth, while also engaging in the 19th-century debate over whether the biblical \"days\" of creation represent vast geological epochs. Blending scientific inquiry with broader philosophical and theological questions, Comstock's work serves as both an educational guide and a thought-provoking discussion on the relationship between geology and religious interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46200054513856,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/PHOTO-2025-03-25-17-01-272.jpg?v=1743345177"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/collections\/IMG_4718.jpg?v=1721764363","url":"https:\/\/www.mobilisbooks.com\/collections\/unusually-illustrated\/illustrated.oembed?page=3","provider":"Mobilis Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}